Cosmic Pioneer Posters

May 1st, 2012 | Space

These gritty, space-inspired posters are from artist Megan Lee.  Each image portrays an iconic “rock star” of science with a symbol that represents their accomplishments.
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From Megan:

“My biggest obstacle when making a new print for someones is reading and sifting through the accomplishments they are known for and turning that into something I can represent artistically. And make it look plain cool. I always want my work to be something I’d love to have on my own walls. I have to do a lot of research and studying in order to decide what I’m going to create for a particular person, and I find that the more difficult it is to figure out exactly what I want to design, the more I end up learning.
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I like how she kept them nice and simple.  Head to her Etsy store for more.

-RSB

[via Quantumaniac]

The Tilt Illusion

April 29th, 2012 | Brain

Optical Illusion

Just a simple tilt illusion using angled lines… From the creator, greeenpro2009:

How this “works”: The sets of opposite diagonal lines in this drawing cause us to perceive the top rectangle as leaning toward the right when it really is not. Removing the lines proves that the rectangles are parallel.
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What also aids in the illusion is the triangle drawn on the right end of the top rectangle (we subconsciously perceive it as weighing down the right side…
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but only when the diagonal lines are there).

It’s fascinating the tricks that can be played on our brains.

-RSB

[via i09]

Wheelchair Babies

April 28th, 2012 | Robot

Wheelchair for Babies

James Galloway and Sunil Agrawal from the University of Delaware have created this robot wheelchair for kids from the ages of 6 months to 3 years.  This is the first self-powered wheelchair for babies that I have ever heard of.
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 The purpose is to give babies with disabilities (spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, etc) the chance to explore environments and learn just as much as a healthy baby can.

I think it must be said that these kids are going to be AWESOME at video games!
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-RSB

[via Gizmodo]

Dan Quintana

April 27th, 2012 | Brain

The art of Dan Quintana, who hails from Los Angeles, CA, has a certain kind of evil to it. He paints dark and twisted visions of humanity that make you feel a little bit uncomfortable, and his work can get pretty risque.

But on a another note, I don’t feel as much of that in the first piece, titled “Diffuse 2012.”  It’s a bit more of a silent killer.
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 I really like how he shows the layers of anatomy beneath the beautiful woman.
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For more of his work, head over to his blog.

-RSB

[via Anatomy UK]

Art of Neuroscience 2012

April 25th, 2012 | Brain

C.P.J. De Kock: Pyramid puzzle

Artistic rendering of a single pyramidal neuron of layer 5A of rat primary somatosensory cortex. These pyramidal neurons are involved in encoding whisker movement when the rat is actively exploring its environment. The part of the neuron receiving information from neighbouring neurons is shown in red; the part of the neuron sending information downstream is shown in blue. The green cylinders illustrate anatomical landmarks of the primary somatosensory cortex.
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The individual neurons are the basic units of the nervous system and through single cell reconstructions of these pieces of the puzzle; we aim to disentangle the intricate cortical microcircuit.

This may be my favorite.

J. Winnubst: Sleeper cell

When we are born our brains are already fully formed and will, to a large extent, determine our
feelings, personality and desires. In order to achieve this highly complex functionality, immature
neurons must venture out during their development and find the right cell partners to form synaptic
connections with. This process is aided by spontaneous network activity in the brain that tests and
refines the made connections. Some will stabilize while others are destined to be broken up. Shown
here is one of the ways spontaneous activity shapes and organizes connectivity: Synaptic inputs that
are close together on a neurons dendrite are more likely to carry similar information and are more
often co-active. The image illustrates how, even before the brain has become fully functional, a single
immature neuron is already tasked with finding order amongst the internal chaos of the mind.

The center of the image shows a labeled stretch of dendrite on which recorded calcium transients,
belonging to 2 co-activate synapses, are represented in a contour map. Meanwhile, in the background
you can see the large amount of synaptic activity happening in the surrounding network as Gaussian
centers of activation.

E. Cuadrado: Fried egg astrocytes

Astrocytes derived from immortalized human neurostem cells (ihNSC) that have been in culture for 21 days. Staining for cell nuclei (Hoechst, yellow) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, green).

I love the color combination – looks like an old Dick Tracy cover.

S. Hoyng: Organised chaos

This picture represents a human dorsal root ganglion infected ex vivo with a lentiviral vector encoding for green fluorescent protein (GFP). With immunohistochemistry it has been stained with a neuronal marker (red), a nuclear protein marker (blue) and GFP (green). This tissue was obtained from a postmortem autopsy in collaboration with the Netherlands Brain Bank and cultured for an additional 14 days. It represents the beauty of a highly complex organization in a seemingly chaotic environment.
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“The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”: Jackson Pollock

S. Louw: Cool thinking

The striking resemblance between a neuron and a hole in the ice. Notice the ice skaters on the horizon. This photo shows beauty of nature at multiple scales. This picture taken at the Gouwzee with the former insula Marken in the background.

Very serene.

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“The second annual Art of Neuroscience competition follows in the footsteps of other events, such as Nikon’s small world and Princeton’s Art of Science competitions. Our event brings art straight from Dutch neuroscience labs. Each year we participate in the Brain Awareness Week campaign (BAW). BAW is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.”

Neuroscience Art is probably some of my favorite things to post on the site, so I hope you enjoyed the images above.  There’s something interesting about realizing that these artists are using their brains to create art inspired by brains — it really is a beautiful thing.
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You can find more from the Art of Neuroscience 2012 here.  I would recommend scrolling through them all.  I just chose a few, but they are really all pretty great.

-RSB

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